Neckwear.



P. K. BLANcgi-m NEGKWEAB.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24, 1909.

Patented Apr. 5,- 1910.

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F. K. BLANCHARD.

NEGKWBAR.'

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24,1909.

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FREDERICK K. BLANCHARD, 0F NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YQEK.

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My invention relates to improvements in neckwear, consisting of aneckband and two tying ends by which the manufacture there.

of is simplified, while retaining every advantage of a more complicatedmanufacture, and an article of daily use is produced in a form whichcombines economy of fabric, simplicity of construction, ease inadjustment and attractiveness.

Heretofore neckwear has been constructed 1) without lining, mea-nin bythat afecing of a material different rom that in the necktie itself,which when in use is on the side of the tie nearer the wearers neck,

` thus causingl a waste of the material of ;more substantial when tied.

which the necktie itself is made; (2) with a lining throughout or 3)with an interlining between the plies o tlienecktie throughout. It hasbeen found that an advantage lay with having the interlining passbetween the plies of the scarf throughout, which advantage is increasedby having that part of the interlining which ordinarily passes throughthe neck band, pass, instead,

outside and for the. entire length of the4 neckband and attachedthereto, while the remainder of the interlining passes between the pliesof the tying ends. As the interlinin does not show to the eye unless thenecktie is cut apart, it has not been a mat-ter of concern whether thefabric of which it has been constructed were of any particularlyattractive material. As the lining, however, has throughout, formed thefacing of the necktie which was visible tok the eye, except when in usearound the neck, it was and is necessary to make such lining of at-llractive material, more or less in harmony with the materialconstituting the main tic. It was found that vin the use of lining only,it was advantageous to place a pad of soft material as an interlining inthe tying ends yof the necktie, so as to make the bow or vknot formed intying the neclitie fullerand lt was found also that if an interlining ofuniformly thin f material were used throughout, advantage was gained byeither overlaying the part of,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

Application led November 24, 1903. Serial No. 529,823.

the interlining inthe tying ends with soft material, or by joining to athin interlining in the neckband, an interlining of softer ma-A terialin the tying ends, byA stitching.

It to embody the 'improvements I have named in simple, new form,containing all the advantages and avoiding what is objectionable, thathave made the improvements herein claimed, by making 'in one piece,which shall be continuous, or in severalv pieces, whichl by'end-stitching, shall .be

practically continuous, a necktie in which the piece stated, conformingsubstantially.

to the shape of the necktie throughout, shall be an interlinin pas/singinside of the plies of the tying en vs and a lining on the Aoutside ofand the entire lengthv of the neckband, consisting of the same materialthroughout, or of different material where visible to the eye, oroverlaid in the. tyi'ngends with suitable soft. material,stitchedtherete'.

In the drawings L show in Figure 1, the form of interlining B attachedto the Alining A by stitching at C, and in Fig. 2 the same with liningand interlining in one -piee In Figs 6 ahd 9 I show a cross-section ofthe one-piece affair with an overlaid piece H in the tying ends. Figs. 5and 6 are crosssections of Figs. 1, and 2 with overlaid` pieces. Figs. 3and 4t are-forms of the necktie' by severaly modifications and Figa 7 8and f) are cross-sections thereof.

Referring to the drawings E represents the tying ends formed bythe pliesM of suitable material in which an interlining t or B is placed, eitheralone or with a softer material H overlaid thereon.

o represents 'the neckband connected with the tying ends, and upon it isthe lining A, attached thereto by stitching p, and. attached at the endsof said lining A', at C, by stitching to the interlining B and enteringthe plies of the tying ends M at the hole or slit o; or if the liningand interlinin are of one piece by carrying the lining t irough the holeor slit c into the tying ends formed by` the plies M and forming theinterlining thereof. In the latter case, 'if the lining be of thinnermaterial, it may be overlaid in the tying ends where it becomes aninterlining with softer inateril H; The slit c is placed at the pointwhere the neckband lining either joins to its interlining or passesthrough in the same material to bccome'an interlining.y

Tn practice it is found best to make the inllO portion ot' the liningwhich is exposed on the' i neckband of the tie, to slide freely on thecollar, and also so that it may if desired be used for stamping thereonthe label of the manufacturer or seller or both.

Throughout the neckband 0 shown in Figs. 3, 4, G, 7, 8 and 9 maybe'one-ply or two-ply as may be preferred and my improvenients as shown inthose figures do not rely upon the form of the neekband as to plies. Myimprovement can be used either with or Without a reinforcing pieceplaced between the plies of the neckband and stitched thereto. The useof both single-ply and two-ply in the neclband and the use also of areinforcing piece of interlining in the neckband have been known to thetrade for manv years.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. The combination With a necktie comprising a neckband and tying ends,said tyingends formed of two-ply fabric, a continuous lining piece ofsubstantially the length of the necktie, the neckban'd portion of saidlining comprising thin and smooth materlal; the two tying ends ot thecontinuous hnmg-pi'ece passing between'the plies of the tying ends andthe necliband portion f of the lining being completely exposed andextending over the entire. length `ofthe neckmediate section formed ofthin and smooth material, each of the other two sections passingrespectively between the plies of the tying ends, the said intermediatesection heilig joined to the other two sections by endstitching andpassing over the outside and i entire length of the neckband andfastened thereto by stitching, the three sections ot' tlnx liningforming substantially one continuous piece.

n testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification m theApresence ot tWo subscrlbing witnesses.

FREDERICK K. BLANCHARD.

Witnesses:

M. E. SMITH, JOHN OSCAR BALL,

